Jane Brown (1849 - 1939)

Born Mar 1849 in Scotland

Wife of Nelson Dennis — married 13 Jan 1870 in Santa Clara, California, USA

Died 10 Sep 1939 at age 90 in Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo, California, United States

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Biography

Jane (Jennie) was born in Scotland in 1849. She married Nelson Dennis on 1/13/1870 in Santa Clara, California and they appear in the 1870 census in San Jose, Santa Clara, California and Nelson is working as a carpenter.By 1880 the family was living in Santa Rosa, CA. In 1900 Jennie was widowed and still living in Santa Rosa with her children. In 1910 Jennie and some of her children were living in San Francisco where Jennie lived until she died on 9/10/1939. She is buried with other family members in the Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery (Plot Stanley VI-18).

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Research Notes

Find a Grave states she is buried with family in the Sant Rosa Rural Cemetery but I was unable to find her in the burial listing book.

• "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4MF-NGW : 9 March 2021), Nelson Dennis and Jane Brown, 13 Jan 1870; citing Santa Clara, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 1,468,527.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNX9-DZR : 28 May 2021), Jane Dennis in entry for Nelson Dennis, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6PL-V5X : 19 February 2021), Jane Dennis in household of Nelson Dennis, Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California, United States; citing enumeration district ED 125, sheet 130D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,084.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9GR-1WH : accessed 30 June 2021), Jennie Dennis, Santa Rosa Township, Precincts 4-6 Santa Rosa city, Sonoma, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 175, sheet 7B, family 149, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,114.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVGC-Y8T : accessed 30 June 2021), Jennie Dennis, San Francisco Assembly District 39, San Francisco, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 222, sheet 10A, family 242, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 100; FHL microfilm 1,374,113.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH47-SQD : 31 January 2021), Jennie Dennis in entry for Daisy Dennis, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCFB-2TX : accessed 30 June 2021), Jennie Dennis in household of Robert I Blake, San Francisco (Districts 251-409), San Francisco, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 251, sheet 3A, line 18, family 61, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 203; FHL microfilm 2,339,938.

• "California Death Index, 1905-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKSM-BFZ2 : 23 February 2021), Jennie Dinnis, 10 Sep 1939; citing 58444, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento; FHL microfilm 1,686,048.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/209118557/jane-dennis

• Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery 1854-2020, Burial Listing and Genealogical Information, revised and expanded edition of 2007 listing, Sandra Wright Frary, Raymond L. Owen, published 2021 by Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery Preservation Committee, City of Santa Rosa, Recreation and Parks, 2060 West College Ave, Santa Rosa, CA, 95401